April Showers brings bountiful Beer Releases
The first full month of spring brings about plenty of excitement around our brewery - the Bellingham Farmers Market opens across the street at Depot Market Square - our Beer Garden (lovingly referred to as Bellingham’s Backyard) begins to host its first live music events - and, of course, we have some fantastic new beers to fill your pint.
1. Big Red Beard ESB
Named for our coworker Mike’s Big Red Beard, brings an entwined love for a complex malt-forward brew and the 90’s Seattle music scene. Big Red Beard ESB’s devoted use of Maris Otter malt blends toasty, bready and biscuity aromas with a light earthy, floral flavor. Its intricate malt character and medium bitterness evenly flows into a smooth and extra clean finish. Hail hail, it doesn’t get Eddie Vedder than this.
Available for a very limited time on draft, nitro and in 22oz Bottles.
The Nitty Gritty
Stats: 6.1% ABV | 30 IBU | 9 SRM | 13.9°P OG
Malts: Maris Otter | Crystal
Hops: Fuggles | Cascade
Yeast: Boundary Ale
Appearance: Bright | Amber Hue | Ivory Head
Aroma: Toasty | Bready | Biscuit | Light Earth | Floral
Taste: Well-Balanced | Complex Malt | Medium Bitterness
Mouthfeel: Medium-Bodied | Smooth | Clean
2. Sticky Trees Hazy IPA - Sticky Trees is a mind melding Hazy IPA collaboration between The North Fork Brewery and Boundary Bay Brewing Co.
Rob, Eric, Keller, Connor, Erik and Alex - a combo of Boundary and North Fork brew teams pose at Boundary Bay on brew day.
Artwork for the can was done by our good friend Evan Whitehead of Evergreen Art.
Named after one of our mutually loved first-runs at the Mt. Baker Ski area, this Hazy IPA was brewed with spruce tips that shred to the palate with additional bursting aromas of mango and citrus. Sticky Trees carves through its juicy flavors, moderate bitterness and a touch of sweetness finally stomping the landing with smooth, pillowy turn between the pines.
The Nitty Gritty
Stats: 6.5% ABV | 50 IBU | 4 SRM | 16.0°P OG
Malts: 2-Row Pale | Malted Oats | Red Wheat
Hops: Idaho 7 | Columbus | Simcoe
Yeast: Imperial Juice
Appearance: Hazy | Orange | Lasting off-white head
Aroma: Spruce | Mango | Citrus
Taste: Well-Balanced | Juicy | Touch of Sweetness | Moderate Bitterness
Mouthfeel: Medium-to-Full-Bodied | Creamy | Clean
3. French Lager
French Lager is a pilsner-style lager with a chic twist that emphasizes the expression of Barbe Rouge – a hop variety developed in Alsace, France. Zesty aromas of gooseberry, fresh strawberry, pepper and sweet grass incite a mélange of low bitterness and balanced sweetness. French Lager’s magnificently crisp and effervescent finish bids for salutations with each sip.
The Nitty Gritty
Stats: 4.2% ABV | 10.3°P OG | 19 IBU | 2 SRM
Malts: Weyermann Pilsner | Flaked Corn | Carafoam
Hops: Barbe Rouge | Lemondrop
Yeast: Hessian Pilsner
Appearance: Straw-Yellow | Ultra Bright | Long-Lasting White Head
Aroma: Fresh Strawberry | Bready | Sweet Grass | Light Pepper | Gooseberry
Taste: Low Bitterness | Hop-Forward Flavor | Balanced Sweetness
Mouthfeel: Light-Bodied | Crisp | Effervescent
Stay tuned for next month…there’s a lot of fun products currently in fermentation…